Mark Keating is a barrister specialising in tax law with over 20 years experience. He specialises in Good and Services Tax, S.M.E. tax matters and tax administration (particularly resolving tax disputes or debt issues with Inland Revenue).
He graduated LLB and MTaxS (Hons) from the University of Auckland, and LLM from Cornell Law School in New York.
From 1996-2006 he was a Senior Consultant Solicitor for Inland Revenue’s specialist aggressive tax investigations teams. In 2009 he was a consultant to Crown Law working on large scale tax avoidance litigation. Since 2010 Mark has represented private clients in their dealings with Inland Revenue.
From 2005 to 2017 Mark also taught tax law as a Senior Lecturer in the University of Auckland Business School. He quite literally wrote the book on Tax Disputes with IRD and also co-authored the book GST in New Zealand. Mark has also had numerous articles published in both academic and professional journals and has presented to numerous conferences. He is a regularly media commentator on tax matters. Mark’s published articles and media items can be found in the publications and media tabs above.
How Mark can help
Mark has extensive experience representing taxpayers. He has wide contacts throughout the tax community, both within and outside Inland Revenue. Mark is committed to working hard for his clients to resolve tax issues before they become problems. He engages proactively with Inland Revenue where possible before tax matters get out of hand in order to achieve the most favourable result at the lowest costs for my clients. But he also does not shy away from a fight where necessary.
He provides tax opinions and advice about permitted tax structuring and help resolve any tax queries that might arise. He has long experience responding to and managing Inland Revenue queries, from risk reviews to audits to full-blown tax disputes involving the exchange of NOPAs, NORs and SOPs. He also has experience before the Taxation Review Authority representing clients challenging their tax assessment and before the District Court representing clients regarding their tax debt or facing tax criminal matters.
As a practicing Barrister all communications and advice is subject to legal professional privilege, meaning we can speak openly about the situation and options available to clients. Clients include:
* accounting firms that do not operate their own tax function and need fast, specialised tax advice for their clients
* law firms and litigators that cannot provide specialist tax advice
* high net worth individuals who need bespoke tax planning services
* private clients who need professional assistance in their dealings with Inland Revenue
Clients can be assured they will be dealing directly with Mark and receive his personal service to help them achieve the best possible tax result.
